Spalding man Rimantas Abromavicius (28) denies drink-driving and will stand trial at the town magistrates’ court on May 9.

Abromavicius, of Meadowgate Lane, was bailed by magistrates on Thursday.

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When an employee is awarded shares under a Share Incentive Plan (SIP) there is no income tax liability for the employee or national insurance contributions (NICs) payable by either employee or employer at the time of the award.

This treatment also applies to dividend shares that are awarded where dividends are reinvested to purchase further plan shares.

The taxation of removing shares from a SIP depends upon how long the shares have been held.

The following points detail when shares can be taken out of a SIP and what tax may be payable.

Free and matching shares must normally be kept in the SIP for three years, but partnership shares can be taken out at anytime.

Shares MUST be taken out of the plan if an employee leaves the company and they may lose their free and matching shares if they leave within three years of receiving them unless leaving is due to redundancy, injury, disability, retirement or death.

Employees must keep their shares in a plan for five years to avoid any income tax or NICs on those shares.

Employees who take their shares out of a plan after three years but before five years will only pay tax and NICs on the lower of the initial value of the shares and the market value of the shares when taken out. This means any increase in value of the shares while in the plan will be free of income tax and NICs.

Employees who withdraw their shares from a plan within the first three years are liable to tax on the market value of the shares at the time they are withdrawn.

The shares will also be free of Capital Gains Tax (CGT) provided they remain within the SIP until they are sold. If the shares are removed from the SIP and subsequently sold then CGT will apply on any increase in value after their removal from the plan.

Further details of the Share Incentive Plan are available on the HMRC website.

A man who attacked his ex-partner at her Spalding home must pay £100 compensation for her injuries.

Timothy Kendall (27), of Branches Lane, Holbeach, hit Hayley Stacey-Pettitt’s forehead against a door frame and then banged her head against the corner of a kitchen cupboard after she had been out with friends.

Spalding magistrates heard Ms Stacey-Pettit had a lump on the side of her head, five red marks on her neck and one red mark on her jawline, where she had previously had surgery and metalwork inserted.

Kendall pleaded guilty to assault by beating at a hearing on January 17, when sentence was adjourned for a probation report.

At Thursday’s resumed hearing, Kendall was given 24 months supervision with a requirement to attend an offending behaviour programme.

He must also pay £85 costs and a £60 victim surcharge.

Rebecca Ritson, prosecuting, said Kendall was asking questions about why Ms Stacey-Pettitt had gone out and was calling her friends “slags”.

He leapt up from a mattress in the sitting room and Ms Stacey-Pettitt said she knew he was going to hit her because he had done it before.

Solicitor Daven Naghen, mitigating, said there was a degree of provocation for the assault.

He said: “She comes home, an argument ensues in which she accuses him of being a bad dad, and at that point he loses his temper and goes on to assault her.

“He accepts his response was disproportionate.”

Magistrates decided a restraining order was not appropriate in the case.

A man who grabbed his sister by the throat at their mother’s Spalding home – and threatened to cut her open – is barred from contacting her by a court order.

Stephen Pite (43) pleaded guilty to assaulting Susan Davies when he appeared before Spalding magistrates on January 10.

Magistrates have now imposed a six-month restraining order to prevent Pite from contacting his sister by any means.

Pite, of Rowley Road, Boston, was also sentenced to 12 months supervision and must pay £85 costs and a £60 victim surcharge.

He was not represented by a solicitor at the sentencing hearing.

Police stopped a man driving without headlights in the early hours of the morning and found he had been drinking.

Maris Subenieks (43), of Thistle Gardens, Spalding, had 67 microgrammes of alcohol in breath – almost double the legal limit of 35mcgs.

At Spalding magistrates court on Thursday, Subenieks was banned from driving for 18 months, fined £250 and ordered to pay £85 costs with a £25 victim surcharge.

The ban will be cut by five months if he completes a rehabilitation course.

He pleaded guilty to driving with excess alcohol.

Rebecca Ritson, prosecuting, said police spotted his Mitsubishi Carisma in Winsover Road at 2.15am on January 20 and used blue lights to stop it.

Solicitor Carrie Simson, mitigating, said Subenieks was on the way home from work when he spotted a friend, went to his flat and had a drink or two.

Subenieks then slept for about five hours and felt fine to drive when he woke.

He only intended to drive half-a-mile and would have walked that short distance if he had thought he was over the drink-drive limit.

Mrs Simson said Subenieks held a professional driving licence and hadn’t had an offence in 25 years.

Residents are reminded to recycle responsibly after “contaminated” green bags split and left rubbish strewn around a street.

A woman living in Juniper Crescent, Spalding, contacted the Lincolnshre Free Press to say she had spent several hours filling 14 bags with rubbish after neighbours left out green bags filled with nappies and food waste for collection.

The contaminated bags were left – marked with an advisory sticker – by the South Holland District Council collectors with council portfolio holder for waste management Roger Gambba-Jones saying: “Even a small amount of contamination will ruin the whole bag and prevent us from gaining any financial return from it for council tax payers.”

A man stole gift sets worth nearly £30 from a Spalding store and sold the contents for a tenner to buy food.

Christopher Morris (26) went into B and M Bargains, emptied the contents from FCUK gift sets and then put the empty boxes back on the shelf.

Rebecca Ritson, prosecuting, said Morris was in the store shortly after 3pm on November 14.

Magistrates heard the offence put him in breach of a suspended sentence order, but decided not to activate the sentence because he has done so well on the related community order.

Probation officer Chris Payne told the court: “It appears to us that Mr Morris is turning himself around and getting straightened out.”

Morris, of Ayscough Avenue, Spalding, admitted theft of the gift sets, worth £29.97, and was conditionally discharged for a year.

He must pay £30 compensation to the store, £85 costs and a £15 victim surcharge.

Solicitor Rachel Stevens, mitigating, said historically Morris had stumbled from crisis to crisis, but has sorted out his life by finding his own accommodation and attending the Jobcentre twice a week.

But she said: “He is hitting brick walls every time he applies for a job as soon as he discloses his criminal record.”

Firefighters from Holbeach and Long Sutton – including an officer with specialist chemical training – were called after an overheated battery caused acid to leak aboard a catamaran in Sutton Bridge docks just after noon on Friday.

The crews isolated the battery and ventilated the area.

Those on board evacuated before crews arrived and no one was injured.

A man was warned he could face jail if he flouts a court order again by driving while disqualified.

Police spotted Nathan Newman’s VW Polo on Park Road, Holbeach and a Police National Computer check showed he was a disqualified driver.

His solicitor, Carrie Simson, told magistrates: “In relation to the offence itself, he simply puts it down to stupidity.

“He fully accepts he should not have been driving and there is no further explanation.”

Newman (21), of East Elloe Avenue, Holbeach, was given a community order with 100 hours unpaid work and disqualified for a further seven months – until September 6 – when he appeared at Spalding Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.

He received no separate penalty for driving without insurance.

Newman pleaded guilty to both offences.

Presiding magistrate Gillian Wild told Newman that he could go to prison if he drives while disqualified again.

A couple were overpaid thousands of pounds in various benefits when they failed to notify the authorities about a part time job.

Mark Betts, of Bridge Road, Sutton Bridge, received more than £4,300 that he wasn’t entitled to have – and his wife, Michelle, almost £2,000.

Mark Betts (41) pleaded guilty to two charges of failing to notify a change of circumstances after his wife found part-time work – one involving South Holland District Council in respect of housing and council tax benefit and the second involving the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in respect of Jobseeker’s Allowance.

Rebecca Ritson, prosecuting, said Mark Betts was overpaid £4,365.95 in Jobseeker’s Allowance, £21.64 in housing benefit and £6.66 in council tax benefit.

Michelle Betts (42) pleaded guilty to three offences arising from the same set of circumstances – one of failing to notify the DWP of a change that would affect her entitlement to carers’ allowance and two of allowing her husband to fail to notify a change of circumstances, first to the district council and second to the DWP.

Miss Ritson said Michelle Betts was overpaid £1,989.90 in carer’s allowance.

The Betts are repaying the sums out of their existing benefits, the court heard.

The couple, who were not legally represented, said they didn’t think weekend working would affect their benefits.

Michelle Betts, who was working for Nathu Ltd, said: “It was purely an oversight, really.”

Magistrates on Thursday adjourned sentence to February 21 for a probation report.

Everybody’s Gym has not only been promoting awareness of the importance of fitness and wellbeing but also raising money for a very worthy cause, St Barnabas Hospice.

St Barnabas Hospice is Lincolnshire’s leading independent hospice committed to providing the highest standard of medical and nursing care for patients living with a life threatening illness.

Last year it supported and cared for 2,000 patients and their families across the county.

The hospice offers free care but relies on voluntary donations to ensure it can continue providing these services which is why Everybody’s Gym is donating part of all new membership fees to the charity.

Jonathan Packard from Everybody’s Gym cycled for hours in Sainsbury’s over the last week demonstrating how easy it is to incorporate a little exercise into your everyday lifestyle.

Fitness instructors from Everybody’s Gym were on hand to provide advice and guidance on how to improve your fitness with the offer of a FREE consultation to improve your wellbeing.

Everybody’s Gym prides itself on welcoming all ages, shapes and sizes, and no matter what your fitness level is the staff strongly believe that they can help you achieve a level of fitness that will not only make you feel better but will bring long term benefits in reducing the risk of weight related diseases such as diabetes and heart disease.

The team from Everybody’s Gym were on hand at the supermarket to give help and advice on how to get moving and improve your health but if you missed them at Sainsbury’s, why not pop along to Everybody’s Gym at 1 Bedford Place, Spalding, PE11 1AZ, or call 01775 522012 to book in for a free consultation?

Only 70 per cent of people living in the centre of Spalding speak English as their first language.

The figure, revealed in data gathered in the 2011 census, compares to a national average of 92.3 per cent.

The town’s second most spoken language is Polish, with 13.31 per cent having it as their main language, compared to just one per cent of the country’s population. Portuguese is the next most used.

South Holland’s other major towns have a much lower proportion of native Polish speakers, with 89 per cent of Holbeach’s population speaking English as a main language and only 5.55 per cent speaking Polish.

In Long Sutton, Polish speakers make up 1.67 per cent of the total – 95 per cent have English as a main language and Sutton Bridge has 93 per cent with English and 3.27 per cent Polish.

In nearby Boston, only 57 per cent speak English, with Polish making up 15.39 per cent.

Emergency services are currently at the scene of a serious accident in Mill Drove North, Cowbit.

There are few details yet on the crash, which happened just after 3pm, but is is believed to involve a Peugeot 307 car with driver and at least two passengers.

The air ambulance was called and arrived at the scene at around 3.40pm.

Plans for a £300million biomass power station at Wingland are likely to go to South Holland’s planning committee for a decision on March 20.

Planning committee chairman Roger Gambba-Jones said the committee’s debate planned for February 20 has been postponed by a delay in responses from official consultees.

Opponents including BATI (Bridge Against The Incinerator) and Sutton Bridge Parish Council are taking their protests to the council offices in Spalding.

BATI chairman Craig Jackson said his members will question council cabinet members on February 19 and Sutton Bridge parish councillor Jenny Rowe will make her council’s case at the planning committee.

Coun Rowe says the power station technology is untested and there are real fears over air quality and public health.

She said: “We shall fight it all of the way.”

South Holland District Council and two other councils sharing the same chief executive have been singled out as “champions of the week” by a Government minister.

Writing in ConservativeHome, local government minister Brandon Lewis praises South Holland, Breckland and Luton councils for slimming down their management to save public cash and protect services.

South Holland council leader Gary Porter said: “I am obviously pleased that the Government are recognising the work we have done.”

South Holland’s shared chief executive with Breckland, the £124,000 a year Terry Huggins, bowed out on January 31 paving the way for a temporary three way share with Trevor Holden stepping in to look after those two councils and Luton.

Coun Porter said South Holland is now looking for a permanent three-way share – bringing in a different council to replace Luton – but it won’t be with a Lincolnshire district.

He said: “Nobody in Lincolnshire wants to talk to us.”

Drivers are still failing to heed warnings about the dangers of using mobile phones behind the wheel.

Lincolnshire road safety experts and police are backing a national campaign to remind motorists how easy it is to be distracted when texting or talking while driving.

In today’s Spalding Guardian, Allan Portor, the father of Tamzin and Jessica Portor – who were killed in a tragic road accident just after Christmas, writes about how he is “shocked” by the number of drivers who are not following road safety advice.

His letter, on page six, reads: “If they had gone through what we have gone through, then they may drive more carefully and not use mobile phones and pay more attention to the road ahead.”

He said since his girls Jessica (7) and Tamzin (10), of Sutton Bridge died, his world had been turned upside down, adding: “Every time my fiancee and I get in a car it is with dread and fear.

“Sooner or later there will be another fatal accident and some other family will have the grief and despair that we are having to come to terms with every day.”

Lincolnshire Road Policing Unit this week revealed the latest figures for drivers reported for using a mobile phone behind the wheel.

In the last three months of 2012, this totalled 315 – more than 100 a month.

Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership says it is now backing a campaign by ITV’s Daybreak programme urging viewers to pledge to make their cars a Phone Free Zone.

John Siddle, of the partnership, said: “Even though the law was passed some years ago, it seems that some people are still comfortable using their phones whilst driving.

“Most people think it is the ‘physical’ distraction that is the danger – steering while holding a mobile for example – but it is the cognitive distraction that whilst holding that conversation they are looking out of the windscreen but not seeing that is a massive concern.”

Spalding RFC’s hopes of survival took a massive blow as they lost 32-12 at rivals Market Rasen and Louth in Midlands One East on Saturday, while Deepings and Bourne also suffered league losses.

Town had earmarked the Lincolnshire derby as one they should win, but the loss leaves them seven points from safety (outside of the bottom three) with games running out.

Meanwhile, Deepings went down 22-15 at home in Midlands Three East (South) and Bourne were 15-9 losers at home in Midlands Four East (South).

More rugby in Tuesday’s Lincolnshire Free Press.

RESULTS

Midlands One East: Bedford Athletic 20 Kettering 10; Ilkeston 36 Market Bosworth 7; Loughborough 7 Towcestrians 43; Market Rasen & Louth 32 Spalding 12; Newark 19 Peterborough 17.

Midlands Three East (South): Daventry 38 Northampton Mens Own 19; Deepings 15 Long Buckby 22; Northampton Casuals 16 Rugby St Andrews 16; Stewarts & Lloyds v Old Newtonians (home walkover).

Midlands Four East (South): Bourne 9 Thorney 15; Brackley v Stamford College Old Boys (home walkover); St Neots 54 Aylestone Athletic 5; Wellingborough OG 3 Oundle 78.

Spalding United crashed out of the FA Vase on Saturday as a Ross Allen hat-trick guided Guernsey to a 3-1 win at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field, while in the UCL Premier Division leaders Holbeach United beat Quorn 4-1 and Deeping Rangers lost 2-1 at home to S & L Corby.

The big game of the weekend was at the Sir Halley, in what was the Tulips’ most high-profile fixture in 15 years.

Pat Rayment handed debuts to Michael Jacklin and Jamie Thurlbourne – and his side made a cracking start. Tony Battersby nodded down a long ball forward from Lee Canoville, allowing Gary King to rifle a stunning half-volley into top corne the on 16 minutes.

With the Tulips bossing much of the first period, they would have been disappointed not to go in more than 1-0 ahead at half-time. But a Guernsey goal on 43 minutes changed the tide of the fifth round contest.

Striker Allen, who has netted more than 80 goals in the past calender year, stole in at the back post to get the away side back on level terms.

Guernsey emerged revitalised in the second period and duly went ahead for the first time when Allen somehow squeezed an effort home at the near post on 56 minutes.

That man Allen then raced clear to complete his treble on the hour, skipping past sub Glen Fuff before slotting clinically past Lee Drury.

Although Spalding came back into the game in the closing stages, they failed to create any clear-cut chances and Guernsey held on to book their place in the last eight.

Having also exited the Lincs FA Senior Trophy on Tuesday night, Rayment’s side now have just the UCL Premier Division and UCL League Cup to focus on.

They’re now 20 points behind rivals Holbeach in the league standings though, as the Tigers devoured fourth-placed Quorn at Carter’s Park.

Tommy Treacher put Holbeach ahead on eight minutes, but they were pegged back by a leveller on the stroke of half-time.

Parity didn’t last long though, as Andrew Tidswell (48 and 56) made it 3-1 before Craig Parker (82) sealed the success.

John Chand’s Tigers remain 14 points clear at the summit after second-placed St Ives Town won 4-2 at Kempston Rovers.

Deeping stay fifth despite their surprise 2-1 home defeat. A Sheridan strike (26) put S & L Corby ahead, but Lewis Stone (37) got Tuncay Korkmaz’s men back on level terms before the break.

That’s how it stayed up until the 87th minute, when Jamie O’Neil sentenced Rangers to their second home loss on the bounce.

Down in UCL Division One, Bourne picked up a fine Abbey Lawn win over Raunds. Mike Feeley and a late Andy Moss effort sealed the points for the Wakes.

In the Peterborough and District League, Moulton Harrox won 5-2 at Oakham United and Pinchbeck United triumphed 2-1 at home against Coates Athletic.

Deeping Rangers Reserves also won 3-1 at Stilton United, while Crowland Town picked up a 2-0 success at Uppingham Town.

More football in Tuesday’s Lincolnshire Free Press.

RESULTS

FA Vase: Fifth round (selected): Spalding Utd 1 Guernsey 3.

UCL Premier Division: AFC Kempston Rovers 2 St Ives Town 4; Boston Town 3 Peterborough Northern Star 3; Cogenhoe United 1 Newport Pagnell Town 2; Deeping Rangers 1 Stewarts & Lloyds Corby 2; Harborough Town 1 Yaxley 1; Holbeach United 4 Quorn 1; Wellingborough Town 3 Sleaford Town 0.

UCL Division One: Bourne Town 2 Raunds Town 1; Buckingham Town 1 Olney Town 1; Potton United 0 Northampton Spencer 2; Rothwell Corinthians 1 Northampton Sileby Rangers 3; Rushden and Higham United 4 Wootton Blue Cross 1; Thrapston Town 1 Eynesbury Rovers 4.

Peterborough & District League: Premier Division: Oakham United 2 Moulton Harrox 5; Peterborough ICA Sports 8 Kings Cliffe United 0; Pinchbeck United 2 Coates Athletic 1; Ramsey Town 0 Netherton United 5; Riverside Rovers 2 Parson Drove 1; Stilton United 1 Deeping Rangers Res 3; Uppingham Town 0 Crowland Town 2; Whittlesey Blue Star 0 Peterborough Sport Parkway 3; Whittlesey United 1 Leverington Sports 2.

Division One: Farcet United 1 King’s Lynn Town Res 1; Ketton 1 Ryhall United 1; Moulton Harrox Res 1 Hampton Sport 0; Netherton United Res 1 Holbeach United Res 3; Sawtry 2 Long Sutton Athletic 5; Stamford Belvedere 0 Langtoft United 0; Sutton Bridge United 8 Maccasports 3.

Division Two: Crowland Town Reserves 4 Warboys Town 0; Oakham United Reserves 1 Deeping Rangers A 4; Peterborough Rovers 1 Langtoft United Res 2; Peterborough Sport Parkway Res 8 Pinchbeck United Reserves 1.

Division Three: Kings Cliffe United Rese 3 Alconbury 4; Ramsey Town Res 9 Peterborough Rovers Reserves 0.

Division Four: Farcet United Res 3 Stamford Belvedere Res 2; Leverington Sports A 6 Stilton United Res 2; Parkway Eagles 1 Ketton Reserves 1; Sawtry Reserves 4 Riverside Rovers Reserves 3; Thorney Reserves 5 Ryhall United Reserves 1; Warboys Town Res 1 Oakham United A 4.

Division Five: AFC Peterborough 3 Pinchbeck United A 2; Hampton Sport Res 4 Sutton Bridge United Res 1; Peterborough Giants 2 Peterborough Sport Parkway A 4; Ryhall United A 1 Gaultree 0.

The Intermediate Shield: Guyhirn 0 Whittlesey United Res 2; Leverington Sports Reserves 2 Peterborough ICA Sports Reserves 1 (AET); Oundle Town 6 Gedney Hill 4.

PFA Minor Cup: Baston Reserves 2 Glinton United 1.

PFA Junior Cup: Peterborough ICA Sports A 3 Netherton United A 0.

Boston & District League: Premier Division: Benington 3 Old Doningtonians 2; Fishtoft 4 Kirton Town 3; Pointon 3 Billinghay Athletic 4; Skegness Town Res 7 Freiston 1.

Division One: Coningsby 1 Mareham Utd 1; Freiston Res 14 Pointon Res 0

Spalding Harriers 1 Wyberton Res 2; Spalding Town 2 Skegness United Res 3.

Division Two: Fosdyke 2 Ruskington Rovers 4; Holbeach Bank 0 Sutterton 1; Kirton Town Res 2 Park Utd 0; Old Doningtonians Res 1 Leverton 2; Westside Rangers 3 Nelson 3.

Division Three: Burgh Utd 6 Pointon A 3; FC Kirton 1 Holbeach Bank Res 1; Sutterton Res 0 Spalding Harriers Res 3; Swineshead Res 2 FC Hammers 2; Tulip 1 Benington Res 1.

Barclays Broker Willoughby Shield: Round One: Billinghay Res 3 Spilsby Town Res 2; Mareham Utd Res 0 Fishtoft Res 1.

SHS Allum Fishtoft Cup: Semi finals: Wyberton 3 Swineshead 2; Woodhall Spa Utd 2 Wrangle Utd 1.

A 23-year-old Holbeach man who suffered an electric shock at work is being urged to contact a Lincolnshire NHS trust so it can investigate the lack of care he claims he received.

The story of Michael Young’s experience at Pilgrim Hospital in Boston made the front page of the Spalding Guardian last week.

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) said it was extremely disappointed it was unable to respond to the patient’s claims before the newspaper went to press.

Mr Young, of Fleet Road, was admitted to Pilgrim Hospital in November 2011 when he received an electric shock after being asked to turn back overhead bulbs that had been switched off in the fairy lights aisle of the store where he worked.

His story was told ahead of the Dignity Action Day, which was held in hospitals nationwide to highlight their commitment to treating patients with respect.

He claimed it took two visits by ambulance and being almost paralysed with pain before he was given a MRI scan and said he felt that because he had walked into hospital no-one seemed to believe his injuries were serious.

Now awaiting treatment at another hospital, he said: “I realise a lot of patients who go there have more visible injuries, but everyone deserves to be treated with dignity.”

Communications manager Clare White said: “ULHT takes dignity in care extremely seriously and expects every patient to be treated with dignity and respect.

“The Trust launched a set of Dignity Pledges two years ago which every member of staff is expected to uphold. These pledges are widely publicised on every ward and department and any patient, visitor or carer is encouraged to challenge where they see the Dignity Pledges failing to be upheld.

“We recommend that the patient contacts the Trust directly to enable us to investigate his concerns.”